Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-09-04
DIAMOND DUST.
Association Record.
League Record.

In batting the New Yorks are very weak
Just now.
Roger Common is leading the New Yorks
at the bat.
Casey's salary has been increased by the
Philadelphia management.
Wards fielding average at short is .915,
while that of Glasscock is .9O2.
Manager Barnie has engaged a new
pitcher named Myers, Cincinnati boy.
The Brooklyn club has won three games,
and the Indians one on the trip Just fin
ished.
Little Nicol, of the Cincinnatis, has an
average of one stolen base for each game
he played.
Coleman, of Pittsburg, has made hun
dred hits, and is the first of the Pittsburgs
to reach that mark.
Up to last Monday Dan Richardson had
made but one error in ten games on second
base for the "Giants."
Tim Keefe pitches some very fine games,
but he cannot win as the team fail TO bat
or field in their usual manner.
Rowe's batting average, .329; Richard
sons, .3l2; Thompson's, 1896; Twitchelrs,
BAL. These are all Detroit men.
The Chicago players were interested
spectators of yesterdays game, and they
all wanted TO see the Phillies win.
The Detroits will win the championship
to a certainty. They were never stronger
than they are at present both in fielding
and batting.
Buck Ewing is greatly missed by the
New YOrks in thee games. and no one OBJ
jects to the umpire's decisions when he is
oil the team.
Titcomb and Murphy made fine show
ing in the game against the Indianapolis
team, and may be tried in one of the De-
trOit contests.
Trouble has broken out in the Baltimore
club which has resulted in Tom Burns be-
ing retired from the captaincy and Purcell
taxing his place.
Conway and CANCEL will probably be
the Detroits battery in New York games.
Conway has been the Giants Jonah every
game ne has pitched.
Pitcher Leitner's contract expires on
September 20, and he will then return
FROM Indianapolis and resume his medical
studies at Bellevue.
Manager Watkins of the Detroits says
that he is quite sure Of the champion
ship now. Those twenty-one games at
home will help him.
The Pittsburgs had not won game from
Getzein, BufintOn and Whitney up to Au-
gust 90, while Clarkson, RadhoUrn and
Boyle have been easy marks.
It is hardly safe to say whether Rainey
will play third base for the New Yorks any
longer or not. Brown can cover the bag
as will if not better than the new man.
Sol LKIs.-If Kelly gets less than IS, 600
few people know of it, and those who do,
if such is the case, would consider it q
breach Of confidence to let it be known.
The Bostons, on Saturday, in knocking
Calvin ont OF the box, accomplished u feat
that has not been equalled since 1885,
when the Athletics tied the Pittsburg
pitcher up in fine style.
Since he has Joined indianapolis Tom
Brown has fallen from ffty-eighth place in
batting to SEVENTEEN. His fielding has
also dropped. He seems to be taking des-
perate chances.
In eight Of the nine games played by the
Pittsburgs in Boston, they had an average
attendance of $3.50. while in one game,
when the weather was threatening, there
were but 1900 present.
President Ward Of the Ball Players
Brotherhood says that there is nothing in
the scheme to form an Eastern Base Ball
League. However, the story frightened
the club managers pretty badly.
Captain Arson said the other day that be
was not as hopeful about securing the pen
nant as he was ten days ago. He said il
Detroit wins the championship Chicago
will be second, New York third and Phila-
delphia fourth.
Kerins, of the Louisvilles, probably did
as heavy batting for the number of times
he was at the bat than any player ever
seen in the Kentucky city. He made two
home runs, two triples and single, with
Q total Of fifteen bases in one game.
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